# Miss Show-Me Basketball

The Miss Show-Me Basketball honor recognizes the top female high school basketball player in the state of Missouri. The name of the award differs from other Miss Basketball awards to reflect Missouri's state nickname, the Show-Me State. The award is presented annually by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association. In order to be considered for the award, nominees must have been nominated by their high school coach, started in 90 percent of all games, must be high school seniors, and must be of "outstanding moral character". Ten girls are selected as finalists after nominations are compiled, and a special committee of assistant college coaches in Missouri choose the winner.
The first recipient of the honor was Janet Clark in 1985, who is the all-time leader in total points scored for the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats women's basketball team with 2,121 points. Two sisters, Lori and Lisa Sandbothe, received the honor in 1986 and 1987 respectively and both went on to play for the Missouri Tigers women's basketball team. In 2015, the honor was shared between Napheesa Collier and Sophie Cunningham, who both played as teammates in the McDonald's All-American Game that year. Five recipients of the Miss Show-Me Basketball honor have been drafted into the WNBA, the highest draft pick being Kristin Folkl with the 1st overall pick in the 1999 WNBA draft as part of the initial expansion player allocation. Other recipients of the honor have played with professional teams in Europe and Asia, such as Kari Koch and Shakara Jones in Greece, Heather Ezell in Iceland, and Yvonne Anderson in Turkey. Many recipients have also pursued coaching opportunities in high schools and colleges.

## Winners

| Year | Player | High School | College | Notes |
| 1985 | Janet Clark | Lafayette | Northwest Missouri State | All-time leader in total points scored for the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats women's basketball team with 2,121 points |
| 1986 | Lori Sandbothe | Washington | Missouri | Played for the Missouri Tigers women's basketball team with her sister and fellow Miss Show-Me Basketball recipient Lisa Sandbothe |
| 1987 | Lisa Sandbothe | Washington | Missouri | Played for the Missouri Tigers women's basketball team with her sister and fellow Miss Show-Me Basketball recipient Lori Sandbothe |
| 1988 | Rhonda Moore | Hazelwood East | Missouri | Named on the 20-year all-star women's basketball team for the Greater St. Louis area by The St. Louis American in 2006 |
| 1989 | Kim Mahn | De Soto | Oklahoma State | In 2018, Mahn was the first athlete in De Soto High School history to have a number retired |
| 1990 | Melody Howard | Marshfield | Missouri State | Played for the United States in the 1993 World University Games, inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 1999 |
| 1991 | Melissa Grider | Marshfield | Missouri Southern | Scored 3,211 total points in her high school career (Missouri record until 2010), named on the all-time Ozarks women's basketball team by Ozark Preps Illustrated in 2015 |
| 1992 | Andrea Siemer | Jackson | Missouri | Named to the academic all-conference team three years in a row while playing for the Missouri Tigers women's basketball team |
| 1993 | Marsha Burton | Marionville | Missouri State and Evangel | Received NAIA All-American honors in 1997, basketball coach for Pierce City High School and Hurley High School |
| 1994 | Kristin Folkl | St. Joseph's | Stanford | Selected by the Minnesota Lynx in the first round (1st overall pick) of the 1999 WNBA draft as part of the initial expansion player allocation, All-American her senior year playing for the Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team, first-alternate for the United States women's volleyball team during the 1996 Summer Olympics, recipient of the Dial Award for the top female high school athlete in the country in 1994 |
| 1995 | Amy Rhea | St. James | John Brown | Honored with Freshman of the Year in the Sooner Athletic Conference in 1996, all-time leader in total points scored for the St. James High School women's basketball team with 2,604 points |
| 1996 | Niele Ivey | Cor Jesu | Notre Dame | Selected by the Indiana Fever in the second round (17th overall pick) of the 2001 WNBA draft, played in the WNBA for the Indiana Fever, Detroit Shock, and Phoenix Mercury, assistant basketball coach for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team, named on the 20-year all-star women's basketball team for the Greater St. Louis area by The St. Louis American in 2006 |
| 1997 | April McKinney | Incarnate Word | Saint Louis | Named on the 20-year all-star women's basketball team for the Greater St. Louis area by The St. Louis American in 2006 |
| 1998 | Lauren Jackson | North Kansas City | Memphis | All-time leader in total points scored for the North Kansas City High School women's basketball team with 2,124 points |
| 1999 | Karensa Barr | West Plains | Missouri | Member of the Big 12 All-Star European Tour, invited to the USA Basketball tryouts in 2001, inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2018 |
| 2000 | Terianne Wolford | Nixa | Missouri | All-time leader in total points scored for the Nixa Public High School women's basketball team with 2,267 points |
| 2001 | Dionnah Jackson | Parkway West | Oklahoma | Selected by the Detroit Shock in the first round (13th overall pick) of the 2005 WNBA draft, assistant basketball coach for Mississippi State University and Southeast Missouri State University |
| 2002 | Kari Koch | Elsberry | Missouri State | Played professional basketball in Greece for five years, named on the MVC all-centennial team in 2007, assistant basketball coach for Auburn University |
| 2003 | Laura Granzow | Kickapoo | Denver and Canisius | Nominated for the Gatorade Player of the Year award and the McDonald's All-American Game |
| 2004 | Katie Dierdorf | Visitation | Michigan | Injuries plagued Dierdorf for the majority of her collegiate career with the Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team |
| 2005 | Heather Ezell | Kickapoo | Iowa State | Played professional basketball for Haukar in Iceland for the 2009–2010 season, assistant basketball coach for Fairfield University |
| 2006 | Mackenzie Stirmlinger | St. Joseph's | Iowa State | Nominated for the Gatorade Player of the Year award |
| 2007 | Shakara Jones | Francis Howell Central | Missouri | Played professional basketball in Greece for Asteras Exarchion |
| 2008 | Yvonne Anderson | Hickman | Texas | Signed a training camp contract with the Chicago Sky in 2017, played in the Turkish Women's Basketball League for Galatasaray |
| 2009 | Morgan Johnson | Platte County | Iowa | All-time leader for the Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team in career shot blocks with 293 blocks |
| 2010 | Anne Marie Hartung | Bowling Green | Texas | Played for the Texas Longhorns women's basketball team for only two seasons |
| 2011 | Shelby Winkelmann | Hermann | Central Missouri | Named to the 2015–2016 CoSIDA Academic All-American team for Division II |
| 2012 | Taylor Manuel | Incarnate Word | Purdue, Loyola (IL), and Ole Miss | Awarded the 2014–2015 Missouri Valley Newcomer of the Year |
| 2013 | Sierra Michaelis | Mercer | Missouri | – |
| 2014 | Carrie Shephard | South Pemiscot | Missouri and SEMO | – |
| 2015 | Napheesa Collier | Incarnate Word | UConn | Selected by the Minnesota Lynx in the first round (6th overall pick) of the 2019 WNBA draft |
| 2015 | Sophie Cunningham | Rock Bridge | Missouri | Selected by the Phoenix Mercury in the second round (13th overall pick) of the 2019 WNBA draft |
| 2016 | Taylor Baur | MICDS | Princeton | – |
| 2017 | Lauryn Miller | Kirkwood | UCLA | – |
| 2018 | Sonya Morris | Incarnate Word | DePaul | – |
| 2019 | Hayley Frank | Strafford | Missouri | – |
| 2020 | Katie Scott | Carl Junction | Grand Canyon, Oral Roberts, and Point Loma | – |
| 2021 | Serena Sundell | Maryville | Kansas State | – |
| 2022 | Ysabella Fontleroy | Kickapoo | Baylor | – |
| 2023 | Grace Slaughter | Grain Valley | Missouri | – |
| 2024 | Allie Turner | John Burroughs | Gonzaga | – |

## Schools with multiple winners

| School | Number of Awards | Years |
| Incarnate Word | 4 | 1997, 2012, 2015, 2018 |
| Kickapoo | 3 | 2003, 2005, 2022 |
| Marshfield | 2 | 1990, 1991 |
| St. Joseph's | 2 | 1994, 2006 |
| Washington | 2 | 1986, 1987 |